try to make an ox drink by forcing his head into the water

try to make an ox drink by forcing his head into the water

try to make an ox drink by forcing his head into the water

niúbùhēshuǐqiǎngàntóu

It is a metaphor to make people submit by means of coercion. Chapter 46 of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty: "Yuanyang said:" how about having a daughter? Do cows press their heads when they don't drink? I don't want to. Can't I kill my mother? "

Source of allusion

Chapter 46 of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty: "Yuanyang said:" how about having a daughter? Do cows press their heads when they don't drink? I don't want to. Can't I kill my mother? "

words whose meaning is similar

Cows press their heads when they don't drink

English translation

trytomakeanoxdrinkbyforcinghisheadintothewater

Idiom information

Idiom explanation: it refers to the use of coercion to make people conform. An example of an idiom: Wang Shuo's who is more stupid than who: "Nancy blocks right, rushes left and protrudes right. She can't get out of the house. She strides around the room and drinks angrily:" don't you press her head if you don't drink water? " degree of common use: common use emotional color: neutral words, or derogatory words grammatical usage: as object and attribute; refers to coercion idiom structure: complex sentence type generation time: Modern Times